Jan's Blog

My last year exhibiting at the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace in October 2017. After 22 years of exhibiting at this show and venue I have decided that this will be my last year. I have had a long relationship with Creative Exhibitions and exhibited at a number of their shows since 1995. However I now find this venue very hard work and the show at 5 days is just too long. I have decided to take a year away from exhibiting anywhere and concentrate on new designs and workshops. These type of retail shows are incredibly expensive...

Glastonbury Girl is an 18' doll made with a full armature on a stand. She is all cloth as all my dolls and is made as a separate body and then costumed. She has Indian style silk trousers - these are a habitai silk which I have tray dyed. Her tunic is a floral print with bell sleeves and a braid trim. Note the lovely waistcoat which I have crocheted into granny squares from a fine cotton thread. The mixed beads around her neck were my actual hippie beads worn in 1970's. The fringed shoulder bag is suede and her...

I am just adding the workshops for 2018. These are all weekend courses and will include making a button joint doll, A choice of making a sitting doll, a stump doll or a jointed doll. This year I am introducing a three day workshop in May for 5/6 people only to make a doll with a full armature on a stand. These are all individually entered on the shop menu under 'cloth doll making workshops'.